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Our Harvard educated friend, Samuel Lipoff, has some point, but he goes overboard. True, from the question one cannot accurately tell her age. The month she was born, and the questioners must factor in to come to the right answer. If Sameul stops right there, it would be splendid. No, he just chose ...

Al-Shabab cannot be a force that could take over Somalia. Its appeal is limited to the fringe elements. It does not enjoy popular support -- remotely close to it-- even in Somalia. True, its ability of recruiting new recruits might have not dried up yet, but eventually it will. With a dogma that Al-...

I do not think so Tigray people. First, it is insane for you to think that you talk for the whole of Tigreans because you own a computer. Second, your sentence that Tigreans will side with the invaders -- who are they?-- than traitor Ethiopia shows your lack of any political knowledge whatsoever. Co...

That is what we said. We do not want to argue whether the whole Ethiopia or just Tigreans by themselves won the battle of Adwa. That is beside the point. We however are saying Tigreans are proud Ethiopians who fought along with other Ethiopians so that Ethiopia will never be colonized. Finally, the ...

The Egyptian journalist Hossam el-Hamalawy has a point. He wrote " Egypt today has remarkably little geopolitical clout. It lacks both the soft and hard power to contain Ethiopia on its own, let alone change the balance of power in the Horn of Africa." Agreed. The rush to Somalia at the very moment ...

You are right, DTT. I meant "AMIST KILO." Engineerinng has never been in SIDIST KILO as far as I remember. Sometimes your hands and mind do not communicate well. That was what happened.

The rumor around the neighborhood is Halafi Mengedi wrote it for him. I do not know why the best versed in American English -- Halafi -- found Debretsion to be enemy number one. Somewhere I read Debretsion was a good student. In "SIDIST KILO" campus he demonstrated proficiency in Engineering. Also, ...

Just to say something. We, who visit ER, have the right to air our opinions no matter how diverged from reality they are. I observed though most opinions reflect what we desire to happen than what really happened. The Ethiopian and the Somaliland governments have not reached such an agreement overni...

Eden Journalism is going through an agonizing death. The hearsay that you posted is a testament for that. By the way, when did you start shading crocodile tears for OLF? Thanks to you I have learned the emperor Haileselassie security force was called "JORO TEBI," and the Meles' "ANED LAMEST." I did ...

This is very enlightening. I applaud the news crew for its work. The journalist who questioned the bureaucrats has done a splendid job. The bureaucrats, as one expects, are good at not answering questions. Does anyone could summarize what anyone of those bureaucrats has said. I do not think so. They...

Selam, the late Hugo Chavez was the president of Venezuela.

Abaymado, you have an anger issue. Or more precisely you hate for no reason. You do not dislike Tenker, Bonga, rather you hate the whole Gurages. Now you have other victims: the Ethiopian women. You seemed to have been groomed to judge people in groups, not individually. You are not alone. You have ...

No doubt, Addis now is totally different from what I hear from family and friends. My younger sister who had cried with excitement when Abiy came to power, not a fan of him now, still believes he is the best city planner. She wanted to strip him off his premiership and assign him as the mayor of Add...

What is the message here? That Eritreans should be prepared before the Abiy sponsored Afar-Eritreans march to Asmara to takeover. I do not think Isayes is losing sleep over it.

Are the Adawans first class citizens? By the way the Gurages are hardworking, self-sufficient, and averse to handout. They are true Ethiopians who should be applauded for their culture, not badmouthed by tribal cadre. But I understand your anger. They are the true Ethiopians who have never fallen fo...

Somaliman, I introduce myself again. I am an Ethiopian. You are free to be identified by any village from Adwa. But do not waste your ER wasted miserable time of yours to play tribal politics on me. I am well beyond that.

Of course. For more than three decades Somaliland has a functioning government. Law and order are the rule, not an exception. It is a peaceful place to raise a family and strive to make a meaningful living. The other Somali however for more than two decades was monitored to live in peace by foreign ...

What is going on? Why the Gurages drive crazy practically all the TPLF cadres in ER? I know they get their order from the old TPLF politicians, and what did they tell them? Maybe this poor, listro, and uneducated Garages have measurable influence on the Ethiopian government contrary to the adjective...

I know Sun will accuse me of being a "chauvinist." Let it be. I am an Ethiopian who has not had the slightest inclination to fall for the tribalists' make-believe. I said it before, I say it now, and I will say it until I take my last breath that Ethiopians will never enjoy a peaceful country until ...

Is that not better my dear to just come out and throw the insult at Birhanu Nega, the real target, rather than insult the whole tribe. It is especially amusing when such an insult comes from a tribal cadre who profess day and night her love of the so-called nations and nationalities, whatever that m...